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A signed Shaquille O'Neal brand basketball shoe signed by Shaquille himeself! Proceeds from the sale of these jeans go towards helping underprivileged youth attend theater arts camps through Deborah Gibson's Gibson Girl Foundation.

Item Special Note

Shaquille "Superman" O'Neal is one of the most dominant figures in NBA history. Not only is his size intimidating...he's 7"1, weighs over 300lbs and has size 21 feet...but his on-court record is among the best that the NBA has ever seen. He now has four NBA titles to his name. Three with his old team, the LA Lakers in their magical three season stretch between 1999 and 2002 and most recently one with Miami Heat in the 2005 - 2006 season. He's listed in the NBA top 50 all time greatest list (and he's still playing!) and is currently ranked number 9 in SLAM Magazine's Top 75 NBA Players of all time.

Born on the 6th March 1972 it would be twenty years before he was drafted into the NBA in 1992. He'd played basketball as a boy in Germany and later when he returned to America with his mother and step-father. His emerging size and talent on the court began to become more and more apparent as he reached high school and although he attended Louisiana State University he would drop out and join Orlando Magic after just three years. His rise to basketball stardom was under way yet he did then and still does now talk of achieving things off the court as proven by his successes in both film and rap plus his desire to get a master's degree in criminal justice after his professional basketball career ends.

His rookie season finished with him being named 1993 rookie of the year with an average of 23.4 points and 13.9 rebounds per game...not a bad start to his NBA career! In addition he'd helped Orlando Magic win 20 more games than their previous season.

He improved upon this record in his Sophomore year averaging a staggering 29.3 points per game before injury disrupted his improvement in the 1995 - 1996 season. Once surmounted new options were presented to him and as a free agent he moved to the LA Lakers for what would become one of the most glorious 3 - 4 year campaigns an NBA team has ever had.

His incredible partnership with the rising talent, Kobe Bryant, led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002 before they completely and utterly fell out with each other evident both on court and in the media. This split would not only end the dominance of the Lakers at the top of the NBA but would also end O'Neal's position in the team.

In 2003 the Lakers failed to meet his contract demands which resulted in his eventual transfer to Miami Heat where he still plays now and where he vows to play out the rest of his NBA career. As the Lakers have fallen from grace the opposite has happened for Shaq and Miami as they won the NBA title this season. It seems that there is still much more to come from "The Big Aristotle" as he likes to call himself!